Furniture



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M. BOHN FURNITURE Filed Sept 19, 1924 2 Sheets-Sheet l lllll I N V ENTOR. flaw/W 50mg.

Feb. 2 1926.

M. BOHN FURNITURE 2 Sheets-Sheet Filed Sept. 19

ATT RNEY.

Patented Feb. 2, 1526.

UNITED STATES PATENT F MARTIN BOHN, or mnmnnroirs, mmaim, ASSIGNOR TOTHE xnynnss LOCK com- PANY, A COIARTNERSHIP COMPOSED TIER, OFINDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

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OF ARTHUR JORDAN AN D ARTHUR R. BAX- FURNITURE.

Application filed september 19, 1924. Serial No. 738,599.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARTIN BoHN, a citizen of the Kingdom of Rumania,but have declared my intention of becoming a citizen i of the UnitedStates, residing at Indianapolis,

in the county of Marion and State of Indiana, have invented a new anduseful Furniture, of which the following is a speclfication. I

It is the object of my invention to produce a rigid sectional partition,with panel sections which are individually removable and interchangeablewithout disturbing the rest of the partition, and with oint-locks whichstiflen the whole partition and are easily and quickly set and releasedand with the joints light-tight, and the ointlocks normally concealedbut readily accessible. A specific object is to provide an improved lockfor effectively locking parts ofthe parti tion together.

A further object is to produce such a partition with all the maincomponent parts 5 made of sheet-metal. In" attaining these objects, Iprovide pilasters, desirably formed of sheet-metal, open at the rear andwith vertlcal rabbets at their. rear vertical corners; and prov de panelsections which extend between pilasters and are seated in said rabbetsof adjacent pilasters, each panel section being formed at each verticaledge wlth a rearwardly projecting flange which engages one which rigidlyfasten together said panel flanges and the pilaster-portions which suchflanges abut, which locks are desirably accessible through the open rearof the p1- laster; and I desirably provide a removable cover-sectionwhich closes .the open rear of each pilaster. and conceals the locks.

The locks which I find most effective, and which are a. most importantfeature of my invention, consist of. received in suitable holes infingers projecting through "slots in the member adjacent to thewedge-keys and suitably anchored to the other of the two members to belocked together. These fingers are de sirably formed on separate membersfrom the two which are to be" locked together, and most desirably withtwo fingers prowall. of the rabbet; and I provlde locks wedge-keys whichare jecting from the two ends of a single lockbar through two spacedsets of registering holes in the two members to be locked together, witha wedge-key co-operating with each of said fingers. J

The accompanying drawing illustrates my lnvention: Fig. 1 is a frontperspective view of a partition constructed in accordance with myinvention; Fig. 2 is a fragmentary perspective view, on a larger scale,of the rear of said partition, showing the arrangement of pilasters,panels, and locks;

1g. 3.,is a vertical section through one of the pilasters' of Figs. 1and 2,. substantially on the line 3-3 of Fig. 4; Fig. 4 is a horizontalsection, on a somewhat larger scalethan Fig. 3, on the line 44 of Fig.3; Fig. 5 is a fragmental vertical section on the l1 ne 5'5 of Fig. 4;Fig. 6 is a perspective View of the cover plate for the open rear .of apllaster; Fig. 7 is a perspective view of one of the lock bars; and Fig.8 is a perspective view of one of the wedge-keys. x

The partition is made up of a series of vertical pilasters 10, spacedapart, to receive panel sections of various sorts between them. Thesepanel sections may include blank panels 11, Window 13, drop-slot panels14, or various other types of panels, which may be built up in variousways between the pilasters 10.

Each pilaster 10 is desirably made of sheet-metal, folded on verticallines into the shape best shown in Figs. 2 and 4. That is,

the two edges of which side-face portions 18 pro ect rearward; and fromthe rear edgesof said side-face portions 18 portions panels 12, lock-boxpanels the pilaster has a front-face portion 17 from 19 project towardeach other parallel to;

which a vertical edge of a panel section is received.

The panel sections are also conveniently made of sheet metal, with suchother parts though that is not necessary.

part of the body portion of the panel which is seated in the rabbetformed by the pi-' laster portions 19 and 20. Thus the face portionofeach panel overlaps the -pilaster, within the rabbet 19-20, so thatthere are no light-openings at the edges of the pilaster; as is sofrequently the case inprevious constructions.

The panel sections mayalso be provided with rearward flanges 26 at theirhorizontal edges, whereby vertically superposed pan els between the samepair of pilasters 10 may rest upon one another by said flanges 26Desirably, such abutting flanges26 are suitably fastened together, as byscrews 27;

The flanges 26 may extend horizontally almost to the flanges 25, andbeyond the side-face portions 18 of the co-operating pilasters, tofacilitate making the partition light-tight at joints between superposedpanel sections. .These joints may be concealed, if desired, byhorizontal joint-covering strips 28 (Fig. 1) fastened to one of twovertically adjacent panel sect-ions and overlapping the other. These"strips 28 are also of advantage in positioning the panel sectionsinassembling the par; tition.

The panels and the pilasters are locked together where they meet in theverfiical rabbets at the rear vertical edges of the pilasters. -This'locking is desirably between the flanges 25 and the pilaster-portions20. The

. look I prefer is that shown in detail in Figs. 4, 5, 7, and 8;. Thislock comprises a lock-bar 30, formed of sheet-metal,- with both endsturned at right angles to the base to form fingers 31 through whichfingers are holes .32, desirably rectangular holes. The flanges 25 andpilaster-portions 20 are provided with registering holes 33 of propersize and shape to receive the fingers 31; and

.1 two sets of registering holes 33 are vertically spaced apart tocorrespond to-t-he distance between fingers 31 on a lock-bar 30; Thismakes it possible for the two fingers 31- of a lock-bar to be passedthrough two sets ofv registering holes 33, and for the base of thelock-bar to lie flat against the flange 25. The fingers 31 of thelock-bar project through both theflange 25 and the pilasterportlon 20,and beyond the face of the latter.; so that the holes 32 in said fingersmayrecelve wedge-keys 34. These wedge-keys are also deslrably punchedfrom sheet-metal, and are preferably of the shape shown'in Fig, 8; witha flat edge-face 35 for bearing agamst the face of the pilasterort-ion20, awedging face 36 oblique tothe ace 35 and arranged toco-operate'wedgingly with the hole 32, an obliquely out-turned toe 37for. facilitating insertion of the wedge-key into the hole 32, and atthe top a laterally projecting head 38 projecting outward beyond theface 36' to facilitate handling. parts of the key preferably lie ln'asingle plane. 1

All the- When the lock-bars 30 are put in place i with their fingers 31through registering holes 33 ofthe flanges 25 and pilaster-portions 20,and wedge-keys 34 are dropped into I the holes 32 of both fingers 31 ofa lock bar,

the driving home of the wedge-keys firmly locks together the flangesportions 20, and unites the panel section the pilaster most rigidly. sIf desired, ornamental cornices 40, moldings 41', and base boards 42,conveniently 25 and pilaster-' formed of sheet-metal, or otherornaments,

may be attached to the faces of the pilaster and of thepanel sections. vA' convenlent attaching means is by a lock somewhat similar to that-bywhich the panels-and pilasters are interconnected; as by having lockpieces 43 located within said ornaments, with fingers 44 projectingtherefrom through the faces'of the pilasters or panels much as thefingers 31 project through theflanges 25 and pilaster-portions 20. Thefin rs 44 are provided with holes similar to t e holes 32, for receivingwedge-keys 34. The locking pieces 43 may be separate from the ornamentswhich they attach to-.the partition, or may be integral parts of saidornaments. After the partition has been assembled, I

prefer to close the open rear of each pilaster '10 by a suitablechannel-shaped cover-section 50, of sufficient width to receive withinthem the flanges .25, the pilaster-portions 20 and 21, the lock-bars*30, and the wedgekeys 34, associated with that pilaster. This is clearfrom Fig. 4. To hold-the coversection 50 in lace, I provide it withholes 51 to permit the passage of screws 52 therethrough -into co-oration with threaded holes in up-turned flanges 53 in cross angleirons54 bearing against the inner faces of the pilaster-portions 21. Accessmay be ob-' tained to the various wedge-keys. 34 by simply removing thescrews 52 and thus taking off the cover late 50.

I It is possi le to remove and replace any panel sectionwithout-disturbing the 'pilasters or any of the other panel sections. Todo this, the rover-sections 50 overlapping- ,the ends of that panelsection are first re- 'moved as above outlined; then the screws 27 by,which. that anel section. is attached to its vertical-neig bors areremoved; and then the wedge-keys '34 associated with that panel sectionare knocked out, and the lock-bars 3Q co-operating with those wedge-keysare removed: It is now possible to draw the desired panel section freelybackward out of its position, for it is now wholly released. A

panel section may be put in place by reversui'g this sequence. Thisfacilitates labor and replacement of parts.

-'-I claim as my invention:

1. A sectional partition, com rising a plurality of vertical pilastershavingvertical rabbets at their rear vertical corners, one or more panelsections each extendi between adjacent ilasters and seated at thevertical edges in t e adjacent rabbets of said pilasters, and locks forsecuring the panel sections and pilasters together.

2. A sectional partition, comprising a plurality of vertical pilastershaving vertical rabbets at their rear vertical corners, one or morepanel sections each extending between adjacent pilasters and seated atthe vertical edges in the adjacent rabbets of said pilasters, said panelsections having rearwardly projecting flanges at said edges in' saidrabbets, and locks between said flgnges and the rabbet-walls which theya at.

' 3. A sectional partition, comprising a pluralit of vertical pilastershaving vertical ralzbets at their rear vertical corners, one or morepanel sections each extending between adjacent pilasters and seated atthe vertical edges in the adjacent rabbets of said pilasters, said panelsection having, rearwardly projecting flanges at both its vertical andits horizontal edges, and locks between the flanges at the verticaledges and the rabbet-walls which those flanges abut.

, 4. A sectional partition as set forth in claim 1, with the additionthat said pilasters are hollow and of sheet metal and are open at therear, and that said locks include means within said pilasters andaccessible from the open rear of the latter.

5. A sectional partition as set forth in claim 1, with the addition thatsaid pilasters are hollow and are open at the rear, and that said locksinclude means within said pilasters and accessible from the open rear ofthe latter.

.6. A sectional partition as set forth in claim 1, with the additionthat said pilasters are hollow, and are open at the rear, and that saidlocks include means within said pilasters and accessible from the openrear of the latter, and a removable cover section for the open rear ofeach partition.

.7. A sectional partition as set forth in claim 1, with the additionthat both said a lock-bar having a pilasters and said panel sections areof sheet metal.

8. A sectional partition as set .forth in claim 3, with the additionthat the flanges at the horizontal edges of the panel sectionsextend'into the rabbets of the pilasters.

9. A sectional partition as set forth in claim 1, with the addition thatsaid pilasters are hollow and are open at the rear, and that said locksinclude means within said pilasters and accessible from the open rear ofthe latter, and a removable cover section of channel cross-section forclosing the open rear of each pilaster and concealing said locks.

10. A lock for fastening sheet-metal sections together, comprising alock bar having at its ends transverse fingers projecting from the sameside of the lock bar, said fingers having holes through them, andwedge-keys adapted to be received in said holes, said wedge-keys beingin a plane perpendicular to that of said lock bar.

11. The lock set forth in claim 10, with the addition that saidwedge-keys have obliquely out-bent toes.

12. The lock set forth in claim 10, with the addition that saidWedge-keys have laterally projecting heads.

13. The lock set forth in claim 10, with the addition that saidwedgekeys' have obliquely out-bent toes and laterally projecting heads.

14. In combination, two abutting sheetmetal sections to be fastenedtogether, said sections having registering holes, a lockbar having apart adapted to bear against the face of one of said sections and aperforated finger for passing through said registering holes, and awedge-key for passing through said perforated finger.

15. In combination, two abutting sheetmetal sections to be fastenedtogether, said sections having two sets of registering holes, partadapted tobear against the face of one of said sections and a pair ofperforated fingers for passing through the respective sets of registerinholes, and wedge-keys for passing througli said perforated fingers. a

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand at Indianapolis,Indiana, this 15th day of September, A. D. one thousand nine hundred andtwenty four.

MARTIN BOHN.

